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1867 Aug 12
US House member Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868) led the Radical Republicans in a move to impeach President Andrew Johnson. The move was sparked when Johnson defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
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1868 Jan 7
A US Indian Peace Commission filed a report to the Pres. Johnson.
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1875 Jul 31
The 17th president of the United States, Andrew Johnson, died in Carter Station, Tenn., at age 66. He had succeeded Abraham Lincoln and was the first US president to face impeachment proceedings.
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1993 Apr
L.G. Sherrod, a New York journalist and economics consultant, wrote an essay in "Essence" that called on Blacks to enter $43,209 as a claim on their tax forms as the equivalent of 40 acres and a mule voted by Congress after the Civil War, but vetoed by Pres. Andrew Johnson. In 2000-2001 the IRS paid out some $30 million for the illegal credits.
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